From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 14:11:10 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA23807 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 14:11:10 -0700 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA23801 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 14:11:08 -0700 Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.11) with ESMTP id OAA01489 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 14:10:52 -0700 Received: from scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU (scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.201]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.6.10/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id OAA13837 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 14:08:36 -0700 Received: from localhost.Berkeley.EDU (localhost.Berkeley.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA28308 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 14:05:47 -0700 Message-Id: <199507032105.OAA28308@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> X-Authentication-Warning: scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU: Host localhost.Berkeley.EDU didn't use HELO protocol To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86: more than 8 bits-per-pixel for #9 L10? Date: Mon, 03 Jul 95 14:05:45 -0700 From: grady@XCF.Berkeley.EDU Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk (I got such a good response from my last question, I figure I'll go for it again! I had tried posting this question to comp.windows.x.i386unix, and didn't get any response.) (I'm running FreeBSD 2.0.5, with a CTX CPS-1760/LR monitor.) So here I am with my #9 Level 10 card (pathetically obsolete, I know), which README.S3 claims supports: 8, 15/16 and 24(32) bpp However, when I specify any -bpp size other than 8, I get a black screen. I have tried using the same modes under 8 bpp, and things come up fine, so I don't _think_ it's a timing issue. I'd love to see X under > 8 bpp (even though with only 1 meg of VRAM, I'd have pretty limited screen real estate.) If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. -- Steven grady@xcf.berkeley.edu